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Second World War Wargaming
Second World War Wargaming (SWWW) is one of the chapters, and thus a set of rules, from Neil Thomas' book Wargaming an Introduction.I have a fair number of well-painted, 15mm WWII miniatures, all based...
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Wargaming Nineteenth Century Europe 1815–1878
Yes, another post about another set of rules by Neil Thomas. I hope you are not getting tired yet.Hey, I bought this book specifically so I could do something with all of those lovely Baccus 6mm...
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Testing Hail of Fire, Part One
After a few false starts I have decided not to review rules until after I get a good test game or two in. It is usually only one test if I think the results are good. If the game itself has some...
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Testing Hail of Fire, Part Two
Continuing on with my test game of Hail of Fire (Beta) by Retroboom, and available from Wargame Vault. If you missed it, you can find Part One here.Turn 03The Americans get three orders and the Germans...
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Converting Rules to a Grid and a Small Gaming Space
I don't know about you, but I am getting old. Miniature wargaming is beginning to take its toll on me. After a gaming session I will usually have back and leg pain – not really bad pain, but annoying...
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Suprise! Testing Hail of Fire, Part Three
Why is There a Part Three?When I ended Part Two the Germans had declared victory after wiping out one of the American tank platoons, but after discussing with the author how I totally blew the...
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Rules Read-Through: About Bonaparte
If you have perused my Wooden Warriors blog then you know that I have been working on 42mm Napoleonic wooden soldiers for some time now. (There are a lot of other projects there too. I get distracted...
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Test Battle for Tin Soldiers in Action
I saw an ad for Cigar Box mats on The Miniatures Page about a month ago and it was advertising a cross-promotion. Cigar Box had a new mat with a 6" subdued, square grid. (It actually looks a bit...
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Conclusion to Tin Soldiers in Action
I could not leave the game hanging, but I thought that the last article was getting a little long, so I stopped it where it was. In this article I finish my test game, go over what I got right and...
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Loss of CommandersIn the Conclusion to Tin Soldiers in Action I ended the game after the Allies lost their Commander-in-Chief as I realized that everyone was out of commander, save the Prussian Jagers,...
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Using Tin Soldiers in Action for the American Revolution
I wanted to have another go at the rules Tin Soldiers in Action to see:How it would play unmodified (i.e. correctly played),Whether the "feel" of the rules change by period, andHow much of an issue it...
View ArticleDiscussing Tin Soldiers in Action with the Author
Let me start with a disclaimer. This post is meant as constructive, even if it sounds critical, to the rules authors and potential rules authors out there. When Phil Barker was developing version 3 of...
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A Guilford Courthouse-like Battle
BackgroundI have been collecting 15mm American Revolutionary War (ARW) figures for a long time now. The first ones I collected and painted were Airfix and I started doing that at about 14 years old. At...
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Using the Deco Art Ultra Fine Writer Tip for 6mm Grass
Time for something a little different. Recently I have been trying to get the troops that I have painted into a usable shape for the tabletop. They are either not based or they are based in some way...
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Miniatures Wargaming over Skype
One of the 'new things' that I wanted to try over the Christmas holiday was wargaming over the internet. That does not sound very new, especially because I have already been wargaming over the...
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Hold the Line Kickstarter Arrived
After my debacle with the Upfront Kickstarter I now view Kickstarter like a raffle ticket, only with better odds. First they tell you about the prizes and how much it costs to buy a ticket. But you...
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Gaming Hook's Farm with the Wife
I had initially planned to play the demonstration scenario "Hook's Farm", using Tin Soldiers in Action, with a gaming buddy from Texas (Justo), but we were not able to complete the armies and terrain...
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When it Comes Down to the Last Roll of the Last Unit on the Last Turn
The last game I played was a scenario called "Hook's Farm", which was adapted by the author of the rules Tin Soldiers in Action (TSIA) from a scenario of the same name in H. G. Wells' book Little Wars....
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A Rebuttal to My Opinion of the Rules About Bonaparte
I wrote a 'rules read-through' on the rules About Bonaparte (AB) and it achieved exactly the opposite of what I was hoping for. I wanted to give people an idea of what the rules were like without it...
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6mm Figures Are In
I haven't been touting it much lately, but I have been getting a lot of my 6mm troops, especially Napoleonics, ready for battle. Some of it is rebasing old troops [sigh] and some of it is unpacking...
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